ISBN:
9780292757288
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvi, 266 pages, [1] pages of plates)
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illustrations
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2011 Electronic reproduction
Series Statement:
Modern Middle East series no. 15
Series Statement:
CMES Modern Middle East Series v.15
Parallel Title:
Print version Arabian oasis city
DDC:
330.953/8
Keywords:
°Unayzah (Saudi Arabia)--Economic conditions--Case studies
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Electronic books
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ʻUnayzah (Saudi Arabia) Case studies Social conditions
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ʻUnayzah (Saudi Arabia) Case studies Economic conditions
Abstract:
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Study and Its Setting -- Part One. Political Autonomy, Domestically Organized Production, and Mercantile Trade -- 1. The Autonomous Amirate -- 2. The Old Agriculture -- 3. Craft Production and the Old Market -- 4. Caravans and Long-Distance Trade -- Part Two. Provincial City within a New State and the Development of Capitalist Social Formations -- 5. Development of the New State and Education -- 6. Occupational Change and New Institutions -- Part Three. Economic Boom and Transformation -- 7. The Economic Boom, Expatriates, and Local Development
Abstract:
8. The Market Today -- 9. The New Agriculture -- 10. Salaried Employment and Its Social Impact -- 11. Changing Patterns of Social Life -- 12. Analysis and Conclusion -- Glossary of Arabic Terms -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-260) and index
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Electronic reproduction
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